Germinie Lacerteux (Fine Binding)

 Edmond de Goncourt; Jules de Goncourt; Crombie & Lamothe

New York, G.H. Richmond & Co., 1897

[Fine Signed Binding by Crombie & Lamothe] Bound in contemporary 3/4 morocco over burgundy linen boards.  Gilt ruled.  All edges gilt. 5 preliminary leaves, 5-387 pages, 20 plates (including frontispiece).  Chefs-d'oeuvre du roman contemporain.  Engravings, in two states, accompanied by guard-sheets with descriptive letter-press.  "Of this edition, printed on Japanese vellum paper, only one thousand complete copies are printed for sale."  "This edition of Germinie Lacerteux has been completely translated by John Chestershire. The etchings are by Louis Muller, and drawings by George Jeanniot."